RECAP: Late Goal From Schmidt Lifts Giants Past Cougars

Category: ArticleNovember 2, 2025

Langley, B.C. – Cameron Schmidt scored on a breakaway with under six minutes remaining in Sunday’s contest to break a 1-1 deadlock and lift the Vancouver Giants past the visiting Prince George Cougars by a 2-1 score.

The win improves the Giants’ overall record to 8-8-0-1, while the Cougars fall to 9-6-0-0.

Adam Titlbach had the other goal for Vancouver, who are now 6-2-01 in their last nine games. Burke Hood improved to 7-4-0 with a 19-save performance.

Jett Lajoie scored the lone goal for Prince George.

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GAME SUMMARY

Titlbach opened the scoring for the Giants 6:24 into the opening period off the rush, after receiving a pass from Tyus Sparks on a 2-on-1.

ANDDD GIANTS LEAD 1-0‼️

#21 TITLBACH GOAL 😮‍💨

Assisted by #5 SPARKS & #12 OLSON pic.twitter.com/1RuzxJpQIG

— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) November 3, 2025

Vancouver remained in control with a 1-0 lead in the second period, but couldn’t extend it due to some fantastic goaltending from Joshua Ravensbergen, who made several notable saves, including stopping Titlbach on a penalty shot.

Prince George tied the game midway through the third after Lajoie shovelled home a rebound.

But at the 14:20 mark of the third, Schmidt found himself in behind the Cougars defence and made no mistake on the breakaway.

#19 SCHMIDTY GOAL IN THE 3RD WEOOOO😮‍💨😮‍💨

🍎 to #13 TOMIK & #8 OBOBAIFO pic.twitter.com/lMsA4Jgmow

— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) November 3, 2025

In the end, Vancouver allowed just 20 shots on net in the 2-1 victory.

STATISTICS

SOG: VAN —10/7/6 = 23 | PG – 7/5/8 = 20
PP: VAN—0/1 | PG — 0/3
Face-Offs: VAN — 27 | PG — 29

3 STARS

1st: VAN – Cameron Schmidt – GWG, 4 SOG, +1
2nd: PG – Joshua Ravensbergen – 21 Saves on 23 Shots
3rd: VAN – Burke Hood – 19 Saves on 20 Shots

GOALTENDING BATTLE

Vancouver: WIN – Burke Hood (19 saves / 20 shots)
Prince George: LOSS – Joshua Ravensbergen (21 saves / 23 shots)

THEY SAID IT

“It was a great breakaway opportunity for him. We had a few throughout the game, so it was awesome to see him capitalize on that.” – Giants Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson on Schmidt’s game-winning-goal on a breakaway

“We give out the helmet in the room and [Hood] was the winner, so the boys realized it too. Hood had an incredible game.” – Giants Assistant Coach Gaelan Patterson on Hood’s performance

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UPCOMING

The Giants travel to Kennewick and Seattle next weekend, before hosting the Everett Silvertips on Monday.

Date	Opponent	Time	Location
Friday, November 7	Tri-City	Toyota Center	7:05 PM
Saturday, November 8	Seattle	Accesso ShoWare Center	6:05 PM
Monday, November 10	Everett	Langley Events Centre	7:00 PM

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